[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 39 (Tuesday, March 1, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 9953]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-3889]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


The Board of Scientific Counselors, National Institute for 
Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) announces the following committee meeting:

    Name: Board of Scientific Counselors (BSC), NIOSH.
    Time and Date: 9 a.m.-3 p.m., March 23, 2005.
    Place: Washington Court Hotel on Capital Hill, 525 New Jersey 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20001, telephone (202) 628-2100, fax 
(202) 879-7918.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 50 people.
    Purpose: The Secretary, the Assistant Secretary for Health, and 
by delegation the Director, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, are authorized under Sections 301 and 308 of the Public 
Health Service Act to conduct directly or by grants or contracts, 
research, experiments, and demonstrations relating to occupational 
safety and health and to mine health. The Board of Scientific 
Counselors, NIOSH shall provide guidance to the Director, NIOSH on 
research and preventions programs. Specifically, the Board shall 
provide guidance on the Institute's research activities related to 
developing and evaluating hypotheses, systematically documenting 
findings and disseminating results. The Board shall evaluate the 
degree to which the activities of the NIOSH: (1) Conform to 
appropriate scientific standards, (2) address current, relevant 
needs, and (3) produce intended results.
    Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items include a report from the 
Director of NIOSH; proposed revisions to the National Occupational 
Research Agenda; collaborations with the Occupational Safety and 
Health Administration; occupational safety and health surveillance; 
the health hazard evaluation program; and closing remarks.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    For Further Information Contact: Roger Rosa, Executive 
Secretary, BSC, NIOSH, CDC, 200 Independence Avenue, SW., Room 715H, 
Washington, DC 20201, telephone (202) 205-7856, fax (202) 260-4464.
    The Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, has been 
delegated the authority to sign Federal Register notices pertaining 
to announcements of meetings and other committee management 
activities for both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

    Dated: February 25, 2005.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-3889 Filed 2-28-05; 8:45 am]
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